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See as much (or as little) as he sees. This information could save your life. You can get your bike safety marked and registered at the same time which could save your bike. Mace construction project, Highpoint, will be partnering Met Police and Balfe’s Bikes to provide a cycle safety event for local cyclists. Balfe's […]
Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday or, lapsing into English, Shrove Tuesday. Your last chance to eat sugar, butter, eggs and flour for a month. For the first time it will be celebrated in Borough and Bankside with a Bike Parade. Starting at 1pm, decorated bikes, included disabled-accessible bikes from Wheels for Wellbeing, will […]
Cycling is good for everyone's health even if you don't cycle and it's even better if you do. It's not just good for the irritatingly self-righteous. It's good for everyone and we want to help everyone try it out. The acting Director of Public Health in Southwark Dr Jin Lim is coming to talk to […]
Usual easy paced ride on mostly quiet streets and paths. Suitable for any type of bike. Everyone welcome. Start/finish at Pavilion Cafe, Dulwich Park, SE21 7BQ. Do not be put off by the building work - Cafe is operational and the loos are unaffected. Easy ride avoiding any big hills. Out via Herne Hill Velodrome, […]
Take a look at life from the cab of a lorry and see how much (or how horrifyingly little) the driver sees. 'Exchanging Places' cycle safety events are run by the Metropolitan Police and allow cyclists to get a better understanding of what drivers of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and buses see around them by sitting […]
The doctor returns after his winter sleep. He will be under Peckham Arch (south end of Surrey Canal Path) ably assisted by his team of elves. The doctor will tighten your brakes, pump up your tyres and do technical things to your gears which will stop them clicking and jumping and not feeling quite right. […]
Special events across the day! We start with the morning Bike Trains to Blackfriars from Nunhead and North Dulwich. The Bike Train follows our trusty backstreets route through parks, backstreets and protected cycle lanes. Dr Bike in the evening. Local employers are being encouraged to support their staff all day. For full details see: https://southwarkcyclists.org.uk/cycle2work/
Cycle campaigning is simpler than you think, but we need volunteers. Southwark Council and TfL won't act without evidence that local people want cycling improvements. We need a bigger team to help us build cycling in Southwark and gather evidence that people support Space for Cycling. You can be a resident, employee or business, and […]
Cycling away from Peckham Library on the Surrey Canal Path. It gets quite a bit busier than this in the rush hours of course. About 1000 cyclists come up here in the morning and one assumes that the same number come back in the evening only slightly more spread out (having gone to the pub, […]
As part of Southwark Cyclists bid for world domination we have been thinking of copying Hackney. They have a Family Cycling Library of bikes useful for families, carrying children, babies, toddlers, and lots and lots of shopping -- bike seats, trailers, cargobikes, tagalongs and other bits of family cycling equipment – all free to borrow. […]
